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02/21/2009: "British Nationalists' shock election success"
A win for the British National Party yesterday sent a tremor through Labour amid growing fears the recession is driving angry voters into the arms of extremist parties.
The far-Right party seized a Labour seat in a district council by-election in Sevenoaks, Kent, leading some to warn it could make significant advances in the local and European elections to be held in June.
The town is a Tory stronghold at Westminster. Local politicians had previously dismissed the chances of a BNP breakthrough. But the shock result will be seen as evidence that Gordon Brown's pledge to secure 'British jobs for British workers' has backfired by encouraging nationalism.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151102/Shock-BNP-council-win-brings-fear-rise-extremism.html